NgokukaMakhu 16:1-16

Seledlule isabatha, uMariya Magdalena, uMariya unina kaJakobe, noSalome bathenga amakha ukuze bahambe bamgcobe ngawo. Ekuseni kakhulu ngosuku lokuqala lweviki, bafika ethuneni ekuphumeni kwelanga. Bakhuluma bodwa, bethi: “Ngubani oyakusigingqela itshe, lisuke emnyango wethuna na?” Kwathi lapho bebheka, babona ukuthi itshe ligingqiwe, ngokuba lalilikhulu kakhulu. Kuthe sebengena ethuneni, babona insizwa ihlezi ngakwesokunene, yembethe ingubo emhlophe; bethuka. Kepha yathi kubo: “Ningethuki; nifuna uJesu waseNazaretha obebethelwe esiphambanweni. Uvukile; kakho lapha; bonani nansi indawo lapho bebembeke khona. Kepha hambani nibikele abafundi bakhe noPhethro ukuthi uzakunandulela ukuya eGalile. Kulapho-ke nizakumbona khona, njengalokhu ayenitshelile.” Baphuma, babaleka ethuneni, ngokuba behlelwa ngukuthuthumela nokumangala, kabatshelanga muntu ngalokho, ngokuba babesaba. UJesu esevukile ekuseni ngosuku lokuqala lweviki, wabonakala kuqala kuMariya Magdalena ayekhiphe kuye amadimoni ayisikhombisa. Yena wahamba wayobabikela bonke labo ababehamba noJesu, ababelila, bekhala. Kwathi sebezwile ukuthi uyaphila nokuthi uMariya umbonile, abazange bakholwe. Emveni kwalokho wabonakala engesinye isimo kwababili babo ababehamba beya emzaneni. Nabo bahamba bayobikela abanye; nalabo abakholwanga. Kamuva wabonakala kwabali-11, behlezi bedla. Wabasola ngokungakholwa kwabo, nangobulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo, ngokuba bengabakholwanga labo ababembonile esevukile. Wayesethi kubo: “Hambani niye ezweni lonke, nishumayele ivangeli kukho konke okudaliweyo. Okholwayo abhabhadiswe uyakusindiswa, kodwa ongakholwayo uyakulahlwa.